جامه‌دان

Persian

Etymology

(jâme, “cloth”) +‎ (dân, “container”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.ma.ˈðɑːn]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.mä.d̪ɑ́ːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.mä.d̪ɑ́ːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔː.mä.d̪ɔ́ːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɒː.mæ.d̪ɒ́ːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔ.mä.d̪ɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading^?	jāmaḏān
Dari reading^?	jāmadān
Iranian reading^?	jâmadân
Tajik reading^?	jomadon

Rhymes: -ân

Noun


Iranian Persian	جامه‌دان
Dari	جامه‌دان
Tajik	чамадон

جامه‌دان • (jâme-dân) (plural جامه‌دان‌ها (jâme-dân-hâ))

suitcase, portmanteau
wardrobe, cabinet for clothes

Descendants

(All via a Turkic source)

→ Albanian: xhamadan
→ Azerbaijani: çamadan
→ Belarusian: чамадан (čamadan)
→ Kazakh: шабадан (şabadan)
→ Nogai: шемидан (şemidan)
→ Ottoman Turkish: جامدان
- → Romanian: geamantan, geamandan
→ Russian: чемода́н (čemodán)
- → Armenian: չամադան (čʻamadan)
- → Belarusian: чамада́н (čamadán)
- → Georgian: ჩემოდანი (čemodani)
- → Kyrgyz: чемодан (cemodan)
- → Latvian: čemodāns
- → Mongolian: чемодан (čemodan)
- → Persian: چمدان (čamedân) (reborrowed)
- → Ukrainian: чемода́н (čemodán)
- → Uyghur: چامادان (chamadan)
- → Turkmen: chemodan
- → Yiddish: טשעמאָדאַן (tshemodan)
→ Turkmen: çemedan

(Direct borrowings)

→ Urdu: جامہ دان (jāma-dān)

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